Heron vs Old Agency

A side-by-side comparison of Heron and Old Agency: population, income, housing, and more.

Heron and Old Agency are places in Montana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Heron has the higher population (312 vs 114 in Old Agency). Old Agency has the higher median household income ($33,750 vs $29,357 in Heron). Since 2019, Heron's population has grown faster (+121.3% vs +54.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Heron	Old Agency
Population	312	114
Median age	31.7 yrs	22.5 yrs
Median household income	$29,357	$33,750
Median home value	$415,400	—
Median gross rent	—	$275
Housing units	119	20
Homeownership rate	63.0%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.1%	6.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	16.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Heron	Old Agency
Population	141 → 312 (+121.3%)	74 → 114 (+54.1%)
Median household income	$44,583 → $29,357 (-34.2%)	$12,917 → $33,750 (+161.3%)
Median home value	$252,300 → $415,400 (+64.6%)	$21,700 → $14,500 (-33.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$400 → $275 (-31.3%)

Heron

Population

141312

Median household income

$44,583$29,357

Median home value

$252,300$415,400

Old Agency

Population

74114

Median household income

$12,917$33,750

Median home value

$21,700$14,500

Median gross rent

$400$275

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Heron	Old Agency
Under 5	21.8%	15.8%
5 to 17	9.6%	23.7%
18 to 24	1.9%	18.4%
25 to 34	23.1%	20.2%
35 to 44	0.6%	5.3%
45 to 54	9.6%	7.0%
55 to 64	12.5%	6.1%
65 to 74	12.2%	1.8%
75 and over	8.7%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Heron	Old Agency
White (non-Hispanic)	97.4%	5.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	50.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	14.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	29.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Heron	Old Agency
No high school diploma	2.4%	18.8%
High school graduate	35.1%	41.7%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	33.7%	2.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Heron	Old Agency
Drove alone	78.8%	58.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	16.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.3%	25.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Heron	Old Agency
1-unit, detached	89.1%	80.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.9%	10.0%

Poverty & households

	Heron	Old Agency
Poverty rate	62.5%	59.6%
Average household size	2.89	6.00
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	1977	1990